City girls basketball roundup: Coronado beats Midland

Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Coronado girls basketball team handed No. 7 Midland High its first District 2-5A loss of the season Tuesday night and kept alive its hopes of defending the district crown, defeating the Lady Bulldogs 76-74.

In the two teams' previous meeting this season in Midland, the Lady Bulldogs routed Coronado by 29 points, winning 72-43 in Midland.

Devin Griffin led Coronado on Tuesday, scoring 18 points with a 4-of-5 performance from the free-throw line, and freshman Suzzy Dimba scored 16. Hailee Roye added 14 points, including the team's only two 3-pointers, and Jennifer Altman chipped in 11 points.

AMARILLO - Saralyn Smith scored 19 points, and third-ranked Amarillo San Jacinto pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Lubbock Christian High in a TAPPS District 1-3A game.

Smith is a sister of Lubbock Christian University forward Severyn Smith. She had plenty of help with teammates Alex Simms, Geri Cox and Madison Stinnett adding 12, 10 and 10 points, respectively, for the Lady Patriots (19-5, 3-0).